Fake it Til You Make It

The first time I watched The Devil Wears Prada, I cut my own bangs, pinched pennies from my barista gig for a knockoff Chanel pendant I found on Ebay to attach to pearls from Goodwill, and ordered a sweater from the school uniform shop (we could only wear clothes from a certain store with our school emblem on them) so that I could wear a white button-down underneath it. I paired it all with my short plaid quintessential Catholic School Girl skirt and sheer black tights. Little did I know, I was already practicing a manifestation technique — dressing for the job I wanted, and a job that I’d eventually get (sort of) a decade and a half later.

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